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Equipment & Techniques => Medium Format / Film / Digital Backs – and Large Sensor Photography => Topic started by: uheck on July 07, 2015, 04:14:50 am

Title: For the HASSELBLAD H Experts: was there ever a splitscreen/microprism solution
Post by: uheck on July 07, 2015, 04:14:50 am

Hi dear Colleagues,

was there ever (maybe third party) option of having a beattie/brightscreen/intenscreen type of split- or micro prism screen for the Hasselblad H bodies?

thank You

best

Title: Re: For the HASSELBLAD H Experts: was there ever a splitscreen/microprism solution
Post by: NickT on July 08, 2015, 03:00:27 am

To the best of my knowledge, no. AFAIK the hasselblad screens incorporate the Beattie technology and in any cassette AF is very good.

Nick-T

Title: Re: For the HASSELBLAD H Experts: was there ever a splitscreen/microprism solution
Post by: Chris Livsey on July 08, 2015, 02:18:59 pm

I can't find the reference but I seem to remember Bill Maxwell has produced H screens, of what variety I don't know. It is doubtful if a split screen/microprism would allow more accurate manual focussing than using the focus arrows from the AF and/or the standard screen. I use a range of CF lenses, manual focus, on my H and focus using the standard screen, the arrows almost always confirm I am correct, and if not it usually a focus shift issue. Are you having problems with focus?